Differential balance of prefrontal synaptic activity in successful versus unsuccessful cognitive aging

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1344-1356

  Bories, Cyril ^a,b   Husson, Zoé ^a,b   Guitton, Matthieu J ^a,b   De Koninck, Yves ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84872740598     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3258-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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